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US-11461434

Method and system for secure distribution of selected content to be protected

PublishedOctober 4, 2022
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Technical Abstract

The present invention relates to data rights management and more particularly to a secured system and methodology and production system and methodology related thereto and to apparatus and methodology for production side systems and are consumer side systems for securely utilizing protected electronic data files of content (protected content), and further relates to controlled distribution, and regulating usage of the respective content on a recipient device (computing system) to be limited strictly to defined permitted uses, in accordance with usage rights (associated with the respective content to control usage of that respective content), on specifically restricted to a specific one particular recipient device (for a plurality of specific particular recipient devices), or usage on some or any authorized recipient device without restriction to any one in specific, to control use of the respective content as an application software program, exporting, modifying, executing as an application program, viewing, and/or printing of electronic data files.

Patent Claims
7 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection. Each claim is shown in both the original legal language and a plain English translation.

Claim 4

Original Legal Text

4. The memory of claim 3, wherein the data collected from the biometric reader comprises retinal data.

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Claim 5

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5. The memory of claim 3, wherein the data collected from the biometric reader comprises fingerprint data.

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Claim 6

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6. The memory of claim 1, wherein the usage rights (1) regulate the number of times that at least a portion of the encrypted content can be viewed, and (2) store a count of the number of times that at least the portion of the encrypted content has already been viewed.

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Claim 7

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7. The memory of claim 1, wherein the second file comprises a ticket.

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Claim 11

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11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data collected from the biometric reader comprises retinal data.

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Claim 12

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12. The method of claim 10, wherein the data collected from the biometric reader comprises fingerprint data.

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Claim 14

Original Legal Text

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the usage rights (1) regulate the number of times that at least a portion of the encrypted content can be viewed, and (2) store a count of the number of times that at least the portion of the encrypted content has already been viewed.

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Filing Date

November 6, 2020

Publication Date

October 4, 2022

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